Washburn Ontario Map

About Washburn, Ontario

Washburn is a locality in Frontenac, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Washburn is located at 44.3892°N, 76.3236°W.

Washburn occupies a quiet elevation within the Fishers Hill, where the land holds the long, cool shadows of the afternoon with a deliberate patience. It lies 22.7 km north-east of Kingston, ON (from Kingston, ON: bearing 41°T), and is situated 6.8 km south-east of Battersea. The horizon here is defined by the subtle rise and fall of the terrain, a landscape that feels solid and ancient beneath the shifting light of the Ontario sky. Brewer Lake sits nearby, a mirror for the clouds just two kilometers from the heart of the settlement, its surface often undisturbed by anything more than the occasional ripple of a breeze. While the Gananoque River flows some eleven kilometers away, the moisture in the air often carries a hint of that distant water, grounding Washburn in a geography defined by slow drainage and hidden basins. The air at dusk tastes of damp stone and pine, a sharpening of the senses that signals the day's end across the quiet fields. History in Washburn lingers in the alignment of the roads and the enduring footprint of early homesteading efforts that once relied on the proximity of the local limestone and timber. The economy, once rooted in the immediate demands of agrarian life, now reflects a modern existence that values the stillness of the rural periphery over the frantic pace of the urban centers. Though Thousand Islands National Park of Canada lies thirty kilometers away, drawing visitors to the wider reaches of the region, Washburn maintains a private, self-contained character that discourages the intrusion of tourism. Residents move through their days with a focus on the practical, keeping the machinery of daily life running with a quiet efficiency that leaves little room for pretense. In the stillness of a late summer evening, the silence of the surrounding hills seems to settle over the rooftops, as if the land itself were reclaiming the quiet after the sun drops below the crest of Fishers Hill.

About This Washburn Map Page

Explore Washburn, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 44.389167, -76.323611. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Washburn includes the postal code (K7L), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Washburn is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.